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Taming the Kootenay
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Dragline brought in to work on the Creston Valley dykes.
55 of 106 		Women standing in the flood waters
56 of 106 		Mae Holder and Zoe Kanester on the Reclamation Road, taken before the dykes went out.
57 of 106 		Margaret Berg and her daughter Marion, bringing a snack out to the men combining on the flats.
58 of 106 		George Ramseier operating a 1941 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine, on his farm on Nick's Island.
59 of 106 		Archie Beatty (on tractor) and Ernie Geneau (on combine), combining wheat on George Ramseier's farm.
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Boundary Dyke showing the rising creek and the seepage behind the dyke.
61 of 106 		Stacking sandbags in an effort to reinforce the dykes.
62 of 106 		Flood waters across the width of the Creston Valley.
63 of 106 		Once the dykes broke, the entire Creston Valley was underwater.
64 of 106 		Looking north across the flats covered with flood water.
65 of 106 		Sandbags being used to build up the top of the dyke.
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A dyke showing tire tracks, made when a vehicle started sinking into the mud.
67 of 106 		Floodwaters rising along the dykes.
68 of 106 		Looking west across the flooded flats from Wynndel.
69 of 106 		Troughs inserted into holes in the dykes to funnel water out of the dykes.
70 of 106 		Art Winters pulling a wheelbarrow.
71 of 106 		The old Lewis Island ferry landing
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